European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 5, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Visitor to Tho National archives in Washington d.c., View . Constitution and companions in the exhibit the declaration of Independence and the Bill of rights. We the people.9 by Sid Moody associated press Thi Constitution did Solhi i erne Law of Iho land us because Norgo Washington is in Ira isl. James . Ben Franklin Willy the Ramori i .1 and All signed on the dolled line when Ilu did soon sell. 17. 1767, m the sweaty cloister of the state House in Philadelphia they were putting their considerable him Iguls in willing 8ul  they whole began to the people. " whether the document forged Lor Lour Mon is behind Shull Rcd windows would be no a than a historical curiosity was now Lohi decided by conventions m the 13 status by delegates duly elected by the people actually White male ii it was finn fable that a people would Vole on How 1 1 Ify were la govern themselves and it was it was toss rom Arkilo How they did re. Being american. Icy Ucli Avryl like americans no sooner had copies of the Constitution begun circulating than the founding Volos were swept up in a Campaign in the finest american or in High eloquence Alt Ernnt a taif a blows Arrn were twisted. Print Lii i on. Reputations  i horses Ira Rod letters purloined noses Foo diet inf Irmi brandished delegates Abdul la re one of the firs ads of Iha South Carolina re ill lion convention was to Hue a bait Nib i so  s Indendi in Charleston could woo Linoir Oppon cols from the upcountry Boondocks. James Wilson a major framer. Was almost killed try a mob m Pennsylvania this Afleur two of his Oppon cols wore Abdul cd and lashed to chairs in the slate House to insure a quorum would be pet Send an i adventure i railroading gov. George Clinton of  York Send a circular letter to his Illow governors calling Lor a second Consoli Luliona convention. It had difficulties gelling delivered cynics noted the  postmaster wac a federalist As supporters of Iho Constitution wore called. Every trick and Bubo thai can to bestowed will in used said John Adams. To was far from Llu Iray As ambassador in London bul he was a political Veteran of Lew illusions. The first skirmishing was with words As heavyweights hiding behind pseudonyms rushed into print giver Ellsworth a framer and later chief jus Lico. Whole As the  Richard Henry Lee of Virginia was Federal Farmer the Wise old Rube irom Connecticut Roger Sherman was a  John Jay Alexander Hamilton and Madison were collectively publius in penning the b5 Mil ailments of the federalist us Idle Harlod As it probably is unread a dense track on government guaranteeing heavy Days on hoop Edpao in Philadelphia James the caledonian whole that pub us surf cod irom a deranged brain1 and dismissed the federalist As the work of "0 Mew York writer an opprobrium thai required no elaboration along the Schuyl Kiu then or now ii men were Angels no government would be necessary i Iblis Madison the. Time Trolo in the Fictor Lisl no 51.a discourse acres s the Bailly us cd so alas was rarely de Sling and grew less so As i he debate progressed federalists were traitors to Anil cider Aliss new York Antis were likened to 1 the flags of Macbeth Conli Meally dancing around the cauldron of sedition " Patuck Henry he Besl known and most lured of the Anil federalists almost dulled Wilh Edmond Randolph the Virginia governor Aller Randolph Oneal live f a rites who declined Lor Fijn the Constitution had a change of heart. Tho issues that divided americans seemed As Gie Al As those that could Unildo them. Southern slaveholders had no Faith in the willingness of Yankee shipowners to Tarry their col Ion and tobacco grown out of haled servitude. Debt Ridden Farmers of the Back country wanted paper Money while their creditors coastal merchants and Banks did nol. Some Henry included thought the sprawling country Loo Large to a Gover nored. They wanted three or More confederacy is formed along cultural and economic lines others asked Why there was no Bill of rights. Or worried about an elitist Senate filled with powdered aristocrats. Or a presidency tyrannical beyond the dreams of Iha Cas Lotf George Iii. Even Thomas Jefferson ambassador to Franco wondered if the new chief executive would become a bad edition of a polish King " publius Hamilton scoffed Al such fears of an Asiatic despot. A Diamond sparkling on his brow. Visages of murdering Lan Zaries. Unveiled mysteries of a future Seraglio anti Federal Isle saw the 10-Square mile Federal District to be created by the Constitution As the National capital As nothing More than a fort irom which troops would sortie to trample Liberty under fool or la americans Inlo poverty. This dark Foi boding of a standing army look lorm in the society of Cincinnati an organization of former officers of the revolution Anli federalists saw the society As the forerunner of a hated standing army wailing to tto the bidding of an audio uralic president this brought even Washington under a crud although everyone agreed he would become the Ziril president just As he had led the army in the revolution and presided Over the constitutional convention a Backwoods editor Flam Manning wrote the Gnu Lerable As wed As Iho  a air a the ration s hero Crale use has been Marie of hi5 name to deceive the people and make them Content and much Lime has bin spent in our legislative bodies and sacred pulpits in the most fulsome and Nickish Praise and adulation of washing Lon " such criticism was rare because most newspapers were in the Large coastal towns which Wero federalist newspapers in those Days survived by using Aach other s columns and opinions. When Ami lode Ralish editors sensed the flow through the mails of anti federalism papers was being Cul Oft they claimed to see the sinister hands of federalist postmasters. In its very opening the Constitution was Ashing Tor a leap into the unknown carolinians and new yorkers and virginians Ware being told to cast aside their old identities to become we hip people of the United Stales Why not we the Stales thundered Patrick Henry. Was this the same Rote Model who had sent men running to the mantel for their muskets with his give me Liberty or give to death Bailie cry whal to make of George Mason a Virginia slave owner who a nominated the institution a Fatamor who did l sign and dismissed his fellow new England delegates As knaves and tools the southerners is a parcel of coxcomb and those of the Middle slates As Oldie Hunters nol a Lew " who wore they the pc Opte some Man Reading the Constitution saw hobgoblins and were nol calmed when col wifi am Grayson of Virginia scoffed Al their Lears of the carolinians irom the South mounted on alligators i presume come to destroy our Corn Liekys and cat up our Lillic  Grayson was among the cooler of the Anli cd realists Many of his Brethren however left toward she cons dilution As children do to Green vegetables maybe the parental Madison and Hamiltons were Nghil that in would be Good Lor them bul it  a Cit Iching nov and they pit Lorfn t Page 16 the stars and stripes saturday. 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